"The game has made huge progress this year, through collaboration, constructive debate and a volume of detailed discussion.

"The outcomes for all of this combined work are vital for the growth and sustainability of cricket, at all levels, in England and Wales."

The full strategy for 2020-24 will be unveiled in January 2019, and is expected to include a revamp of cricket at Minor Counties level.

The 100-ball format was proposed in April as a way to attract new audiences to the game, largely by ensuring it gets shown on terrestrial television - and is viewed by a wider, potentially new audience.

PCA response to ECB strategy

He said: "We contacted all players earlier this week to provide an update on the County Partnership Agreement and other areas of negotiation regarding the players' rights.

"From the start of negotiations, we outlined four non-negotiable principles in the domestic discussions with the ECB: the salary collar must rise, the salary cap must rise, the minimum wage must rise and every professional player, men and women, must benefit.

"We are negotiating on all of these areas and have made substantial progress across all, but not without challenge. Engagement with the ECB and counties has been positive to this point but there are still a number of significant areas to agree."